And climb’d, anon, a hill.[4]

To the hill there came from Bedford,[4]

And Littleton, and Carlisle,

And Lincoln, Chelmsford, Westford,

More men through each defile.

To the hill there came a rumor[5]

How Lexington had fared,

But no one spoke of yielding,

And all for strife prepared.

From the hill they watch’d the village,[6]